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noun the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
noun the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
noun the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
originFrom French maternité, from Latin māternitās.
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